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Here’s what you didn’t know about Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE

22nd April 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

In a historical review of locomotive engineers, Heritage Railway magazine highlights the career of Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid – who passed away 50 years ago.

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From the archive: Princess in waiting

20th April 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Steam

The Railway Magazine Archive | April 1990 | Words: Chris Milner The year 1990 looks likely to be a vintage one for steam fans, with the return of several newly-refurbished big engines to the mainline.

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Lenin’s journey that shook the 20th century

13th April 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

A century ago this April, revolutionary politician Lenin embarked on a circuitous eight-day rail journey from Switzerland to Russia.

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The death of Sir Nigel Gresley

5th April 2020 Sam Hewitt Features
Sir Nigel Gresley

The death of Sir Nigel Gresley at Hertford on April 5, deprived the railway mechanical engineering profession of one of its most distinguished personalities.

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Three million passengers and counting…

18th March 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

Sitting in the shadow of Snowdon in North Wales, Cliff Thomas tells the story of Llanberis Lake Railway, whose foundations stem from a former slate quarry line.  A check list of ingredients for a successful

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From the archive: First batch of class “508” electric multiple-units in service

18th March 2020 Shannon Butcher Electric, Features

Apart from the underground trains on the Waterloo and City line, the Southern Region of British Railways has, until now, exclusively used hinged doors on its suburban trains…

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The Golden Age of the ‘Big Four’

10th March 2020 Shannon Butcher Features

The 1930s were the golden age of the ‘Big Four’ railway companies, placing the country’s many diverse railway companies under government control.

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The story of railway historian supreme George Dow

4th March 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

The life of the great communicator and railway historian supreme, George Dow, is recounted by Robert Humm.

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From the Archive: Britain joins the European high-speed network

13th February 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Network

‘High-Speed 1’ has taken nine years and 50 million man-hours to build and is the first major new railway in Great Britain for more than a century…

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From The Archive: Sir Allen Sarle

21st January 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, Network, Steam

The retirement of Sir Allen Sarle in the course of the next few weeks means the disappearance of an old familiar face from the management of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway.

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